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Two roads stretch hefore us One IS the realization that our present political crises are absolutely trivial when set agaInst the scale of the complexity of the biologIcal future; the understand- ing that such problems as racial an tag- onism, urban overcrowding, dietary in- equality have already passed from a political into a biosocial sphere and that they can be tackled only if debate and decision pass from a political to a bio- logical vocabulary The other road is that of mere history. It consists in say- Ing that the new biologv, however por- ten tous, IS not relevant to the social and national conflicts that beset us, or that it is relevant only insofar as it af- fords these conflicts new weapons and fresh perils (as has been the case with Einsteinian physics). \Vhatever their technical for e s i g h t s, geneticists and molecular biologists are only men. No- toriouslv, scientific comments on politics and society can be as puenle and fal- lIble as any others. The makers of the j biological revolution will have to take their chance with the rest of us. The lattel road IS, vel y likel), the one we are headed for. The time dimension in which Prdgue and Vietnam look more important, more real, than the bIo- chemical creation of living cells is so ingrained in llS that we iTIdY not be able to dIscard it. Or only those few lTIutants who are themselves forerun- ners of a post-}llstorical humanity will be able to discard it. This is not a re- assuring outlook. Politics deals with the polis, with the precarious city of man; biology deals with life itself and with the question of where and how it is to endure. Fatally, the two "eem out of effective touch, or even, in some way we do not understand, antagonistic to each other. f'or in so many places to- day our lives are the enemy of life. -GEORGE STEINER ßR.léFL Y NOTéD FICTION THE CAT'S PAJAMA & \VITCH'S MILK, by Peter De Vries (Little, Brown). In the first of the"c two short novels, Hank Tattersall is a happily married minor dcademic in search of a better- fì tting personality. He abandons security in favor of the NOVEMBER I b, I 9 b 8 Yes real Fraises des Bois . . . . . Can you think of a nicer or more unique remem- brance than 12 husky plants of Fraises des Bois (Wild Strawberries from France) for those gourmet- gardening friends of yours? These berries were de- veloped by us from French stock. They are called Charles V-after the French ruler who first (1365 A.D.) brought wild strawberries from the woods and cultivated them in the gardens of the Louvre. Fraises des Bois begin bearing luscious fruit the end of June and do not stop bearing until frost. As for care, Fraises des Bois want nothing but sun and water. Also, these plants (clumps of cool green leaves, white blossoms and red berries) make delightful edging plants for borders for they grow upright (8' high, 12" diameter) and do not throw runners. We provide propagating instructions so that anyone starting with only 12 plants of Charles V can multi ly them into fifty or a hundred plants in two to three years, enough to supply ample servings of this gourmet's delight every week. This IS the present that can't go wrong, because we won't let it. We guarantee safe delivery. As plants are shipped only with an earth ball, they grow. Here's the way you send Fraises des Bois as Christmas gifts. Give us the names of those whom you wish to re- member. We send gift cards now, then ship the plants early next spring (Florida and California orders shipped for Christmas). One dozen Charles V $8.95; 25 plants $16.00, delivery free, except to Gulf States & those west of the Mississippi. Add $1.50 and $2.50, respectively, for shipment to those states. Write, wire, or phone (203-567-9415), for we can easily take care of your order at any last minute you choose to act.-Amos Pettingill. 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